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Jaguar escaped in hurricane blamed in Belize death
AP via MSNBC ^ | 10/27/10 | AP

Posted on 10/27/2010 7:42:49 AM PDT by Rebelbase

A jaguar that escaped from its cage at a Belize animal rescue center during Hurricane Richard has been blamed in the mauling death of a U.S. citizen whose body was found on Tuesday.

The 4-year-old male jaguar named Max escaped when a tree fell on his cage on Sunday, the same day the Category 1 hurricane hit the country's Caribbean coast with howling winds and rain.

Authorities found the victim's body near the animal center on Tuesday. It had bite marks on the forearm and neck, and the man had apparently been attacked the day before and dragged for some distance into the bushes.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: belize; blamed; death; escaped; hurricane; jaguar; kittyping; xjscoupe
Not something you read about every day.
1 posted on 10/27/2010 7:42:53 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Jaguar roam wild in Belize, not so sensational.


2 posted on 10/27/2010 7:47:15 AM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: Rebelbase; Slings and Arrows

Bad Kitty! ping


3 posted on 10/27/2010 7:49:17 AM PDT by GQuagmire (Hey now!)
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine

Yea but this one was pissed off for being penned up.


4 posted on 10/27/2010 7:50:44 AM PDT by eastforker (Visit me at http://www.eastforker.com)
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To: Rebelbase

Not high on the list on the ways I wish to die.


5 posted on 10/27/2010 7:55:14 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Wayne La Pierre ---- Nancy Pelosi's BBF)
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To: ThisLittleLightofMine

Other than Ambergris Caye, Belize is one of the most primitive outposts in Central America. It gets high points because it is English speaking and uses US currency. But, it is truly only for the rough at heart.


6 posted on 10/27/2010 7:57:57 AM PDT by hampdenkid
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To: hampdenkid

But how is the surfing?


7 posted on 10/27/2010 8:01:53 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns (Novare Res!)
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To: Rebelbase

“Oooooh There’s a big kitty kat. C’mere kitty... that’s a good boy. I bet you’re glad to be out of that cage and in the wild again....”


8 posted on 10/27/2010 8:04:54 AM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: I Buried My Guns

I don’t know, but it’s a very popular destination for divers.


9 posted on 10/27/2010 8:16:23 AM PDT by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: I Buried My Guns

In the parts I visited (mostly along the Chetumal Bay), the surfing was not good. Unfortunately, much of the best surfing in Central America is in Nicaragua. Yet another reason to get rid of Obama’s buddy Ortega. He is killing that poor country that once had such great potential.


10 posted on 10/27/2010 8:20:06 AM PDT by hampdenkid
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To: GQuagmire; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; ...
Bad Kitty! ping

VERY Bad Kitty!


11 posted on 10/27/2010 8:37:27 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows; Rebelbase

Maybe he just want some of that other white meat.


12 posted on 10/27/2010 8:54:01 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Dragged the body for quite some distance, but abandoned it after one bite. Culinary dilettante!


13 posted on 10/27/2010 9:10:56 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady

Ah, you know foodies.


14 posted on 10/27/2010 9:25:52 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

My four little picky eaters. So much of house cats translates into the big, wild ones.


15 posted on 10/27/2010 9:28:27 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Slings and Arrows

One big, bad kitty indeed. =^..^=


16 posted on 10/27/2010 10:39:34 AM PDT by Biggirl (GO UCONN FOOTBALL!!!!!!!!!!! :)=^..^=)
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To: Rebelbase
Hurricane = Jaguar release = Bite = Globla Warming Casualty. We need to pass a nip and tuck tax.

Where is Algore when you need him. I guess he is with Charlie Sheen!

17 posted on 10/27/2010 10:46:43 AM PDT by Young Werther ("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
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To: Monkey Face
Long Pork: The other other white meat!
18 posted on 10/27/2010 2:07:39 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

See?

:oþ


19 posted on 10/27/2010 2:48:29 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.)
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To: Rebelbase

Captured!

Belize officials capture, euthanize jaguar that escaped from cage last week during Hurricane Richard and killed U.S. man - AP


20 posted on 10/27/2010 4:26:44 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
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